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Boo Radley Porch Analysis

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After Scout walked Arthur Radley home she stood on Radley porch and gazed out at her neighborhood, in this moment she stood in Arthur’s skin and saw their small world as he did, she learned how a man who hadn’t stepped outside his house for years, left its safety to make the lives of two children that much better. Scout reminisced on the events that took place in the span of two years, from when she met Dill to Mr. Robert E Lee Ewell’s drunken rampage and attempted murder. In the span of a few moments Scout had felt wise beyond her years, just by standing on the porch and looking at the world through Boo’s eyes. Scout most likely felt as wise as Atticus on that porch, and she sure showed it.

In the cimmerian night under the Radley roof, Scout realized that her tale of meeting the infamous Boo Radley would be seen as nothing more than a canard, and according to such, she decided to keep the story to herself. This decision to keep such a legendary act under wraps is very grown of Scout. She chose to …show more content…
Yet by the end of book scout walks Arthur Radley home, a man who at one point was the object of her worst nightmares. Just the previous winter Scout nearly vomited at the thought of Boo standing behind her in the middle of the night. When Scout took Mr. Arthur home, she walked him as if she walked him back home every night. She didn’t giggle or holler, she quietly walked him home and said good night. This change from running past the Radley Place every time she passed by to walking up the front steps and to the door may seem small, but in To Kill A Mockingbird. it’s a monumental achievement. Scout’s maturity is new and seemingly formed overnight. She was still shaken up from the attack, but she still kept herself together for Boo’s sake. These deceptively small actions are a world away from how she would have behaved nearly a year

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